Brahma Purana — Chapter 229
BrP 229.1
श्रुतं फलं गीतिकाया अस्माभिः सुप्रजागरे कृष्णस्य येन चाण्डालो गतो ऽसौ परमां गतिम् ॥
śrutaṃ phalaṃ gītikāyā asmābhiḥ suprajāgare kṛṣṇasya yena cāṇḍālo gato 'sau paramāṃ gatim //
We have heard the fruit of the little song of Kṛṣṇa (sung) at the great night-vigil, by which that caṇḍāla went to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.2
यथा विष्णौ भवेद् भक्तिस् तन् नो ब्रूहि महामते तपसा कर्मणा येन श्रोतुम् इच्छाम सांप्रतम् ॥
yathā viṣṇau bhaved bhaktis tan no brūhi mahāmate tapasā karmaṇā yena śrotum icchāma sāṃpratam //
Tell us, great-minded one, how devotion to Viṣṇu may come about, by what austerity, by what act — we wish to hear this now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.3
शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूलाः प्रवक्ष्याम्य् अनुपूर्वशः यथा कृष्णे भवेद् भक्तिः पुरुषस्य महाफला ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlāḥ pravakṣyāmy anupūrvaśaḥ yathā kṛṣṇe bhaved bhaktiḥ puruṣasya mahāphalā //
Listen, tigers among sages; I shall declare in due order how a man's devotion to Kṛṣṇa, of great fruit, may come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.4
संसारे ऽस्मिन् महाघोरे सर्वभूतभयावहे महामोहकरे नॄणां नानादुःखशताकुले ॥
saṃsāre 'smin mahāghore sarvabhūtabhayāvahe mahāmohakare nṝṇāṃ nānāduḥkhaśatākule //
In this most dreadful round of rebirth, which brings fear to all beings, which causes great delusion in men, and is crowded with hundreds of manifold sorrows —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.5
तिर्यग्योनिसहस्रेषु जायमानः पुनः पुनः कथंचिल् लभते जन्म देही मानुष्यकं द्विजाः ॥
tiryagyonisahasreṣu jāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ kathaṃcil labhate janma dehī mānuṣyakaṃ dvijāḥ //
Being born again and again among thousands of animal wombs, an embodied being somehow obtains birth as a human, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.6
मानुषत्वे ऽपि विप्रत्वं विप्रत्वे ऽपि विवेकिता विवेकाद् धर्मबुद्धिस् तु बुद्ध्या तु श्रेयसां ग्रहः ॥
mānuṣatve 'pi vipratvaṃ vipratve 'pi vivekitā vivekād dharmabuddhis tu buddhyā tu śreyasāṃ grahaḥ //
And even in human birth, brahminhood; even in brahminhood, discernment; from discernment, a mind set on dharma; and by that understanding, the grasping of what is best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.7
यावत् पापक्षयं पुंसां न भवेज् जन्म संचितम् तावन् न जायते भक्तिर् वासुदेवे जगन्मये ॥
yāvat pāpakṣayaṃ puṃsāṃ na bhavej janma saṃcitam tāvan na jāyate bhaktir vāsudeve jaganmaye //
So long as there is no destruction of the sins of men, the birth (they have) accumulated, so long does devotion to Vāsudeva, who consists of the world, not arise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.8
तस्माद् वक्ष्यामि भो विप्रा भक्तिः कृष्णे यथा भवेत् अन्यदेवेषु या भक्तिः पुरुषस्येह जायते ॥
tasmād vakṣyāmi bho viprā bhaktiḥ kṛṣṇe yathā bhavet anyadeveṣu yā bhaktiḥ puruṣasyeha jāyate //
Therefore I shall tell (you), O brahmins, how devotion to Kṛṣṇa comes about. The devotion that arises here in a man toward other gods—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.9
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा तद्गतेनान्तरात्मना तेन तस्य भवेद् भक्तिर् यजने मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
karmaṇā manasā vācā tadgatenāntarātmanā tena tasya bhaved bhaktir yajane munisattamāḥ //
by act, by mind, by speech, with his inner self directed to that—by that, O best of sages, devotion arises in him toward sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.10
स करोति ततो विप्रा भक्तिं चाग्नेः समाहितः तुष्टे हुताशने तस्य भक्तिर् भवति भास्करे ॥
sa karoti tato viprā bhaktiṃ cāgneḥ samāhitaḥ tuṣṭe hutāśane tasya bhaktir bhavati bhāskare //
Then, O brahmins, being concentrated, he performs devotion to Agni; when the fire-eater is pleased, his devotion turns to the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.11
पूजां करोति सततम् आदित्यस्य ततो द्विजाः प्रसन्ने भास्करे तस्य भक्तिर् भवति शंकरे ॥
pūjāṃ karoti satatam ādityasya tato dvijāḥ prasanne bhāskare tasya bhaktir bhavati śaṃkare //
Then, O twice-born, he constantly performs worship of Āditya; when the sun is gracious, his devotion turns to Śaṃkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.12
पूजां करोति विधिवत् स तु शंभोः प्रयत्नतः तुष्टे त्रिलोचने तस्य भक्तिर् भवति केशवे ॥
pūjāṃ karoti vidhivat sa tu śaṃbhoḥ prayatnataḥ tuṣṭe trilocane tasya bhaktir bhavati keśave //
He performs worship of Śambhu according to rule, with effort; when the three-eyed one is pleased, his devotion turns to Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.13
संपूज्य तं जगन्नाथं वासुदेवाख्यम् अव्ययम् ततो भुक्तिं च मुक्तिं च स प्राप्नोति द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
saṃpūjya taṃ jagannāthaṃ vāsudevākhyam avyayam tato bhuktiṃ ca muktiṃ ca sa prāpnoti dvijottamāḥ //
Having fully worshipped that lord of the world, the imperishable one named Vāsudeva, he then obtains both enjoyment and liberation, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.14
अवैष्णवा नरा ये तु दृश्यन्ते च महामुने किं ते विष्णुं नार्चयन्ति ब्रूहि तत्कारणं द्विज ॥
avaiṣṇavā narā ye tu dṛśyante ca mahāmune kiṃ te viṣṇuṃ nārcayanti brūhi tatkāraṇaṃ dvija //
But those men who are seen to be non-Vaiṣṇavas, O great sage—why do they not worship Viṣṇu? Tell (us) the reason for that, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.15
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ विख्यातौ लोके ऽस्मिन् मुनिसत्तमाः आसुरश् च तथा दैवः पुरा सृष्टः स्वयंभुवा ॥
dvau bhūtasargau vikhyātau loke 'smin munisattamāḥ āsuraś ca tathā daivaḥ purā sṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃbhuvā //
Two creations of beings are well known in this world, O best of sages: the demonic and the divine, created of old by the Self-existent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.16
दैवीं प्रकृतिम् आसाद्य पूजयन्ति ततो ऽच्युतम् आसुरीं योनिम् आपन्ना दूषयन्ति नरा हरिम् ॥
daivīṃ prakṛtim āsādya pūjayanti tato 'cyutam āsurīṃ yonim āpannā dūṣayanti narā harim //
Having attained the divine nature, (men) accordingly worship Acyuta; but men who have fallen into a demonic womb revile Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.17
मायया हतविज्ञाना विष्णोस् ते तु नराधमाः अप्राप्य तं हरिं विप्रास् ततो यान्त्य् अधमां गतिम् ॥
māyayā hatavijñānā viṣṇos te tu narādhamāḥ aprāpya taṃ hariṃ viprās tato yānty adhamāṃ gatim //
Those lowest of men, their discernment destroyed by the māyā of Viṣṇu, not reaching that Hari, O brahmins, go from there to the lowest course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.18
तस्य या गह्वरी माया दुर्विज्ञेया सुरासुरैः महामोहकरी नॄणां दुस्तरा चाकृतात्मभिः ॥
tasya yā gahvarī māyā durvijñeyā surāsuraiḥ mahāmohakarī nṝṇāṃ dustarā cākṛtātmabhiḥ //
That deep māyā of his, hard for gods and demons to know, causing great delusion in men and hard to cross for those whose selves are unperfected—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.19
इच्छामस् तां महामायां ज्ञातुं विष्णोः सुदुस्तराम् वक्तुम् अर्हसि धर्मज्ञ परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥
icchāmas tāṃ mahāmāyāṃ jñātuṃ viṣṇoḥ sudustarām vaktum arhasi dharmajña paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ //
we wish to know that great māyā of Viṣṇu, so very hard to cross. You ought to speak, O knower of dharma, for our curiosity is great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.20
स्वप्नेन्द्रजालसंकाशा माया सा लोककर्षणी कः शक्नोति हरेर् मायां ज्ञातुं तां केशवाद् ऋते ॥
svapnendrajālasaṃkāśā māyā sā lokakarṣaṇī kaḥ śaknoti harer māyāṃ jñātuṃ tāṃ keśavād ṛte //
That māyā, resembling a dream or a magician's illusion, drags the world along; who is able to know that māyā of Hari, apart from Keśava?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.21
या वृत्ता ब्राह्मणस्यासीन् मायार्थे नारदस्य च विडम्बनां तु तां विप्राः शृणुध्वं गदतो मम ॥
yā vṛttā brāhmaṇasyāsīn māyārthe nāradasya ca viḍambanāṃ tu tāṃ viprāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ gadato mama //
What happened to a brahmin and to Nārada in the matter of māyā—that mockery, O brahmins, hear from me as I tell it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.22
प्राग् आसीन् नृपतिः श्रीमान् आग्नीध्र इति विश्रुतः नगरे कामदमनस् तस्याथ तनयः शुचिः ॥
prāg āsīn nṛpatiḥ śrīmān āgnīdhra iti viśrutaḥ nagare kāmadamanas tasyātha tanayaḥ śuciḥ //
Formerly there was an illustrious king renowned as Āgnīdhra; and in his city his son was Kāmadamana, a pure man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.23
धर्मारामः क्षमाशीलः पितृशुश्रूषणे रतः प्रजानुरञ्जको दक्षः श्रुतिशास्त्रकृतश्रमः ॥
dharmārāmaḥ kṣamāśīlaḥ pitṛśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ prajānurañjako dakṣaḥ śrutiśāstrakṛtaśramaḥ //
He delighted in dharma, was of forbearing disposition, devoted to serving his father, pleasing to his subjects, capable, and had labored at the Vedas and the śāstras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.24
पितास्य त्व् अकरोद् यत्नं विवाहाय न चैच्छत तं पिता प्राह किम् इति नेच्छसे दारसंग्रहम् ॥
pitāsya tv akarod yatnaṃ vivāhāya na caicchata taṃ pitā prāha kim iti necchase dārasaṃgraham //
His father made an effort for his marriage, but he did not wish it. The father said to him: "Why do you not wish to take a wife?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.25
सर्वम् एतत् सुखार्थं हि वाञ्छन्ति मनुजाः किल सुखमूला हि दाराश् च तस्मात् तं त्वं समाचर ॥
sarvam etat sukhārthaṃ hi vāñchanti manujāḥ kila sukhamūlā hi dārāś ca tasmāt taṃ tvaṃ samācara //
For men, indeed, desire all this for the sake of pleasure, and wives are the root of pleasure; therefore do you undertake it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.26
स पितुर् वचनं श्रुत्वा तूष्णीम् आस्ते च गौरवात् मुहुर् मुहुस् तं च पिता चोदयाम् आस भो द्विजाः ॥
sa pitur vacanaṃ śrutvā tūṣṇīm āste ca gauravāt muhur muhus taṃ ca pitā codayām āsa bho dvijāḥ //
Having heard his father's words, he remained silent out of respect; and again and again the father urged him, O brahmins.
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BrP 229.27
अथासौ पितरं प्राह तात नामानुरूपता मया समाश्रिता व्यक्ता वैष्णवी परिपालिनी ॥
athāsau pitaraṃ prāha tāta nāmānurūpatā mayā samāśritā vyaktā vaiṣṇavī paripālinī //
Then he said to his father: "Father, conformity to my name has been taken up by me — a manifest Vaiṣṇavī that protects (me)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.28
तं पिता प्राह संगम्य नैष धर्मो ऽस्ति पुत्रक न विधारयितव्या स्यात् पुरुषेण विपश्चिता ॥
taṃ pitā prāha saṃgamya naiṣa dharmo 'sti putraka na vidhārayitavyā syāt puruṣeṇa vipaścitā //
The father, coming up to him, said: "This is not dharma, little son; she (a wife) should not be refused by a discerning man."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.29
कुरु मद्वचनं पुत्र प्रभुर् अस्मि पिता तव मा निमज्ज कुलं मह्यं नरके संततिक्षयात् ॥
kuru madvacanaṃ putra prabhur asmi pitā tava mā nimajja kulaṃ mahyaṃ narake saṃtatikṣayāt //
Do as I say, son; I am your master, your father. Do not sink my family into hell through the destruction of the line of descent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.30
स हि तं पितुर् आदेशं श्रुत्वा प्राह सुतो वशी प्रीतः संस्मृत्य पौराणीं संसारस्य विचित्रताम् ॥
sa hi taṃ pitur ādeśaṃ śrutvā prāha suto vaśī prītaḥ saṃsmṛtya paurāṇīṃ saṃsārasya vicitratām //
And he, the self-controlled son, having heard that command of his father, spoke, pleased, recalling the ancient manifoldness of saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.31
शृणु तात वचो मह्यं तत्त्ववाक्यं सहेतुकम् नामानुरूपं कर्तव्यं सत्यं भवति पार्थिव ॥
śṛṇu tāta vaco mahyaṃ tattvavākyaṃ sahetukam nāmānurūpaṃ kartavyaṃ satyaṃ bhavati pārthiva //
Hear my word, father, a statement of the truth, with its reasons: one should act in accord with one's name, (and then) it becomes true, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.32
मया जन्मसहस्राणि जरामृत्युशतानि च प्राप्तानि दारसंयोगवियोगानि च सर्वशः ॥
mayā janmasahasrāṇi jarāmṛtyuśatāni ca prāptāni dārasaṃyogaviyogāni ca sarvaśaḥ //
By me thousands of births have been undergone, and hundreds of old ages and deaths, and unions with wives and separations (from them), in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.33
तृणगुल्मलतावल्लीसरीसृपमृगद्विजाः पशुस्त्रीपुरुषाद्यानि प्राप्तानि शतशो मया ॥
tṛṇagulmalatāvallīsarīsṛpamṛgadvijāḥ paśustrīpuruṣādyāni prāptāni śataśo mayā //
Grasses, bushes, creepers, vines, crawling things, beasts, birds, cattle, women, men and the rest — (these) have been attained by me hundreds of times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.34
गणकिंनरगन्धर्वविद्याधरमहोरगाः यक्षगुह्यकरक्षांसि दानवाप्सरसः सुराः ॥
gaṇakiṃnaragandharvavidyādharamahoragāḥ yakṣaguhyakarakṣāṃsi dānavāpsarasaḥ surāḥ //
Gaṇas, kiṃnaras, gandharvas, vidyādharas, great serpents, yakṣas, guhyakas, rākṣasas, dānavas, apsarases, gods (— these too).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.35
नदीश्वरसहस्रं च प्राप्तं तात पुनः पुनः सृष्टस् तु बहुशः सृष्टौ संहारे चापि संहृतः ॥
nadīśvarasahasraṃ ca prāptaṃ tāta punaḥ punaḥ sṛṣṭas tu bahuśaḥ sṛṣṭau saṃhāre cāpi saṃhṛtaḥ //
And a thousand lords of rivers (oceans) have been attained, father, again and again; many times I was created at the creation and destroyed at the dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.36
दारसंयोगयुक्तस्य तातेदृङ् मे विडम्बना इतस् तृतीये यद् वृत्तं मम जन्मनि तच् छृणु कथयामि समासेन तीर्थमाहात्म्यसंभवम् ॥
dārasaṃyogayuktasya tātedṛṅ me viḍambanā itas tṛtīye yad vṛttaṃ mama janmani tac chṛṇu kathayāmi samāsena tīrthamāhātmyasaṃbhavam //
Such, father, is the mockery (that has fallen) upon me when I was joined in marriage. Hear what happened in my third birth back from this one; I shall tell it in brief, as it arose from the greatness of the sacred ford.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.37
अतीत्य जन्मानि बहूनि तात नृदेवगन्धर्वमहोरगाणाम् विद्याधराणां खगकिंनराणां जातो हि वंशे सुतपा महर्षिः
atītya janmāni bahūni tāta nṛdevagandharvamahoragāṇām vidyādharāṇāṃ khagakiṃnarāṇāṃ jāto hi vaṃśe sutapā maharṣiḥ
Having passed, father, through many births — of men, gods, gandharvas, great serpents, of vidyādharas, birds and kiṃnaras — I was born in a (certain) lineage as the great sage Sutapas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.38
ततो महाभूद् अचला हि भक्तिर् जनार्दने लोकपतौ मधुघ्ने व्रतोपवासैर् विविधैश् च भक्त्या संतोषितश् चक्रगदास्त्रधारी
tato mahābhūd acalā hi bhaktir janārdane lokapatau madhughne vratopavāsair vividhaiś ca bhaktyā saṃtoṣitaś cakragadāstradhārī
Then there came to be great and unwavering devotion to Janārdana, the lord of the world, the slayer of Madhu; and by various vows and fasts and by devotion the bearer of discus, mace and weapons was gratified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.39
तुष्टो ऽभ्यगात् पक्षिपतिं महात्मा विष्णुः समारुह्य वरप्रदो मे प्राहोच्चशब्दं व्रियतां द्विजाते वरो हि यं वाञ्छसि तं प्रदास्ये
tuṣṭo 'bhyagāt pakṣipatiṃ mahātmā viṣṇuḥ samāruhya varaprado me prāhoccaśabdaṃ vriyatāṃ dvijāte varo hi yaṃ vāñchasi taṃ pradāsye
Pleased, the great-souled Viṣṇu, the giver of boons, mounting the lord of birds, came to me and said in a loud voice: "Let a boon be chosen, O twice-born one; whatever you wish, that I shall grant."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.40
ततो ऽहम् ऊचे हरिम् ईशितारं तुष्टो ऽसि चेत् केशव तद् वृणोमि या सा त्वदीया परमा हि माया तां वेत्तुम् इच्छामि जनार्दनो ऽहम्
tato 'ham ūce harim īśitāraṃ tuṣṭo 'si cet keśava tad vṛṇomi yā sā tvadīyā paramā hi māyā tāṃ vettum icchāmi janārdano 'ham
Then I said to Hari, the ruler: "If you are pleased, Keśava, then I choose this: that supreme māyā which is yours — that I wish to know, O Janārdana."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.41
अथाब्रवीन् मे मधुकैटभारिः किं ते तया ब्रह्मन् मायया वै धर्मार्थकामानि ददानि तुभ्यं पुत्राणि मुख्यानि निरामयत्वम्
athābravīn me madhukaiṭabhāriḥ kiṃ te tayā brahman māyayā vai dharmārthakāmāni dadāni tubhyaṃ putrāṇi mukhyāni nirāmayatvam
Then the foe of Madhu and Kaiṭabha said to me: "What have you to do with that māyā, brahman? I shall give you dharma, wealth and pleasures, excellent sons, and freedom from disease."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.44
ततो मुरारिं पुनर् उक्तवान् अहं भूयो ऽर्थधर्मार्थजिगीषितैव यत् माया तवेमाम् इह वेत्तुम् इच्छे ममाद्य तां दर्शय पुष्कराक्ष ब्र्प्_२२९।४२ ततो ऽभ्युवाचाथ नृसिंहमुख्यः ब्र्प्_२२९।४३अ श्रीशः प्रभुर् विष्णुर् इदं वचो मे ब्र्प्_२२९।४३ब् मायां मदीयां नहि वेत्ति कश्चिन् ब्र्प्_२२९।४३च् न चापि वा वेत्स्यति कश्चिद् एव ब्र्प्_२२९।४३द् पूर्वं सुरर्षिर् द्विज नारदाख्यो ब्रह्मात्मजो ऽभून् मम भक्तियुक्तः तेनापि पूर्वं भवता यथैव संतोषितो भक्तिमता हि तद्वत्
tato murāriṃ punar uktavān ahaṃ bhūyo 'rthadharmārthajigīṣitaiva yat māyā tavemām iha vettum icche mamādya tāṃ darśaya puṣkarākṣa BrP_229.42 tato 'bhyuvācātha nṛsiṃhamukhyaḥ brp_229.43a śrīśaḥ prabhur viṣṇur idaṃ vaco me brp_229.43b māyāṃ madīyāṃ nahi vetti kaścin brp_229.43c na cāpi vā vetsyati kaścid eva brp_229.43d pūrvaṃ surarṣir dvija nāradākhyo brahmātmajo 'bhūn mama bhaktiyuktaḥ tenāpi pūrvaṃ bhavatā yathaiva saṃtoṣito bhaktimatā hi tadvat
Then I spoke again to Murāri: "It is not again a desire to win wealth and dharma; that māyā of yours — that I wish to know here; show it to me now, lotus-eyed one." [42] Then the foremost of man-lions, the lord of Śrī, lord Viṣṇu, spoke this word to me: [43] "No one knows my māyā, nor will anyone at all ever know it. Formerly, O brahmin, there was a divine sage named Nārada, a son of Brahmā, filled with devotion to me; by him too, devoted as he was, I was formerly gratified just as by you, in the very same way."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.45
वरं च दत्तं गतवान् अहं च स चापि वव्रे वरम् एतद् एव निवारितो माम् अतिमूढभावाद् भवान् यथैवं वृतवान् वरं च
varaṃ ca dattaṃ gatavān ahaṃ ca sa cāpi vavre varam etad eva nivārito mām atimūḍhabhāvād bhavān yathaivaṃ vṛtavān varaṃ ca
"And a boon was given, and I departed; and he too chose just this same boon. He was dissuaded by me because of his extreme folly — just as you too have chosen the boon in this way."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.46
ततो मयोक्तो ऽम्भसि नारद त्वं मायां हि मे वेत्स्यसि संनिमग्नः ततो निमग्नो ऽम्भसि नारदो ऽसौ कन्या बभौ काशिपतेः सुशीला
tato mayokto 'mbhasi nārada tvaṃ māyāṃ hi me vetsyasi saṃnimagnaḥ tato nimagno 'mbhasi nārado 'sau kanyā babhau kāśipateḥ suśīlā
"Then I said: 'Nārada, you shall know my māyā once you are plunged into the water.' Then, plunged into the water, that Nārada appeared as a well-conducted daughter of the king of Kāśi."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.47
तां यौवनाढ्याम् अथ चारुधर्मिणे विदर्भराज्ञस् तनयाय वै ददौ स्वधर्मणे सो ऽपि तया समेतः सिषेव कामान् अतुलान् महर्षिः
tāṃ yauvanāḍhyām atha cārudharmiṇe vidarbharājñas tanayāya vai dadau svadharmaṇe so 'pi tayā sametaḥ siṣeva kāmān atulān maharṣiḥ
Then he gave her, rich in youth, to Cārudharman, the son of the king of Vidarbha, a man of his own proper duty; and he too, joined with her, enjoyed pleasures beyond compare — (he who was) the great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.48
स्वर्गे गते ऽसौ पितरि प्रतापवान् राज्यं क्रमायातम् अवाप्य हृष्टः विदर्भराष्ट्रं परिपालयानः पुत्रैः सपौत्रैर् बहुभिर् वृतो ऽभूत्
svarge gate 'sau pitari pratāpavān rājyaṃ kramāyātam avāpya hṛṣṭaḥ vidarbharāṣṭraṃ paripālayānaḥ putraiḥ sapautrair bahubhir vṛto 'bhūt
When his father had gone to heaven, that mighty one, delighted, obtained the kingdom that had come to him by succession, and guarding the realm of Vidarbha he was surrounded by many sons together with grandsons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.49
अथाभवद् भूमिपतेः सुधर्मणः काशीश्वरेणाथ समं सुयुद्धम् तत्र क्षयं प्राप्य सपुत्रपौत्रं विदर्भराट् काशिपतिश् च युद्धे
athābhavad bhūmipateḥ sudharmaṇaḥ kāśīśvareṇātha samaṃ suyuddham tatra kṣayaṃ prāpya saputrapautraṃ vidarbharāṭ kāśipatiś ca yuddhe
Then there was a great battle between the lord of the earth Sudharman and the lord of Kāśi; there the king of Vidarbha, together with his sons and grandsons, and the lord of Kāśi too met destruction in the fight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.50
ततः सुशीला पितरं सपुत्रं ज्ञात्वा पतिं चापि सपुत्रपौत्रम् पुराद् विनिःसृत्य रणावनिं गता दृष्ट्वा सुशीला कदनं महान्तम्
tataḥ suśīlā pitaraṃ saputraṃ jñātvā patiṃ cāpi saputrapautram purād viniḥsṛtya raṇāvaniṃ gatā dṛṣṭvā suśīlā kadanaṃ mahāntam
Then Suśīlā, learning of her father together with his sons and of her husband too together with his sons and grandsons, went out from the city and came to the battlefield; and Suśīlā saw the great slaughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.51
भर्तुर् बले तत्र पितुर् बले च दुःखान्विता सा सुचिरं विलप्य जगाम सा मातरम् आर्तरूपा भ्रातॄन् सुतान् भ्रातृसुतान् सपौत्रान्
bhartur bale tatra pitur bale ca duḥkhānvitā sā suciraṃ vilapya jagāma sā mātaram ārtarūpā bhrātṝn sutān bhrātṛsutān sapautrān
there in her husband's army and in her father's army — brothers, sons, brothers' sons together with their grandsons; filled with grief she lamented for a very long time and, stricken in appearance, went to her mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.52
भर्तारम् एषा पितरं च गृह्य महाश्मशाने च महाचितिं सा कृत्वा हुताशं प्रददौ स्वयं च यदा समिद्धो हुतभुग् बभूव
bhartāram eṣā pitaraṃ ca gṛhya mahāśmaśāne ca mahācitiṃ sā kṛtvā hutāśaṃ pradadau svayaṃ ca yadā samiddho hutabhug babhūva
Taking up her husband and her father, she built a great pyre in the great cremation ground and set fire to it, and herself as well; and when the fire had blazed up,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.55
तदा सुशीला प्रविवेश वेगाद् धा पुत्र हा पुत्र इति ब्रुवाणा तदा पुनः सा मुनिर् नारदो ऽभूत् स चापि वह्निः स्फटिकामलाभः ब्र्प्_२२९।५३ पूर्णं सरो ऽभूद् अथ चोत्ततार ब्र्प्_२२९।५४अ तस्याग्रतो देववरस् तु केशवः ब्र्प्_२२९।५४ब् प्रहस्य देवर्षिम् उवाच नारदम् ब्र्प्_२२९।५४द् कस् ते तु पुत्रो वद मे महर्षे मृतं च कं शोचसि नष्टबुद्धिः व्रीडान्वितो ऽभूद् अथ नारदो ऽसौ ततो ऽहम् एनं पुनर् एव चाह
tadā suśīlā praviveśa vegād dhā putra hā putra iti bruvāṇā tadā punaḥ sā munir nārado 'bhūt sa cāpi vahniḥ sphaṭikāmalābhaḥ BrP_229.53 pūrṇaṃ saro 'bhūd atha cottatāra brp_229.54a tasyāgrato devavaras tu keśavaḥ brp_229.54b prahasya devarṣim uvāca nāradam brp_229.54d kas te tu putro vada me maharṣe mṛtaṃ ca kaṃ śocasi naṣṭabuddhiḥ vrīḍānvito 'bhūd atha nārado 'sau tato 'ham enaṃ punar eva cāha
then Suśīlā swiftly entered it, crying "Alas, my son! Alas, my son!" Then she became the sage Nārada again, and that fire too became a lake full (of water), pure and bright as crystal; and he came up out of it. Before him stood Keśava, best of the gods, and laughing he said to the divine sage Nārada: "Who, now, is your son? Tell me, great sage; and whom do you mourn as dead, with your wits gone?" Then that Nārada was filled with shame, and thereupon I said to him again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.56
इतीदृशा नारद कष्टरूपा माया मदीया कमलासनाद्यैः शक्या न वेत्तुं समहेन्द्ररुद्रैः कथं भवान् वेत्स्यति दुर्विभाव्याम्
itīdṛśā nārada kaṣṭarūpā māyā madīyā kamalāsanādyaiḥ śakyā na vettuṃ samahendrarudraiḥ kathaṃ bhavān vetsyati durvibhāvyām
"Such, Nārada, and so hard to bear is this magic (māyā) of mine, which cannot be known even by the lotus-seated one and the rest, together with great Indra and Rudra — how will you know it, when it is beyond conceiving?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.57
स वाक्यम् आकर्ण्य महामहर्षिर् उवाच भक्तिं मम देहि विष्णो प्राप्ते ऽथ काले स्मरणं तथैव सदा च संदर्शनम् ईश ते ऽस्तु
sa vākyam ākarṇya mahāmaharṣir uvāca bhaktiṃ mama dehi viṣṇo prāpte 'tha kāle smaraṇaṃ tathaiva sadā ca saṃdarśanam īśa te 'stu
Hearing that speech the great sage said: "Grant me devotion, Viṣṇu, and likewise remembrance (of you) when my time comes; and may I have the sight of you always, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.58
यत्राहम् आर्तश् चितिम् अद्य रूढस् तत् तीर्थम् अस्त्व् अच्युतपापहन्त्रा अधिष्ठितं केशव नित्यम् एव त्वया सहासं कमलोद्भवेन
yatrāham ārtaś citim adya rūḍhas tat tīrtham astv acyutapāpahantrā adhiṣṭhitaṃ keśava nityam eva tvayā sahāsaṃ kamalodbhavena
Where I, stricken, today climbed the pyre — let that be a holy place, O Acyuta, destroyer of sins, one always occupied by you, Keśava, along with Hāsa(?) and the lotus-born one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.59
ततो मयोक्तो द्विज नारदो ऽसौ तीर्थं सितोदे हि चितिस् तवास्तु स्थास्याम्य् अहं चात्र सदैव विष्णुर् महेश्वरः स्थास्यति चोत्तरेण
tato mayokto dvija nārado 'sau tīrthaṃ sitode hi citis tavāstu sthāsyāmy ahaṃ cātra sadaiva viṣṇur maheśvaraḥ sthāsyati cottareṇa
Then, brahmin, I said to that Nārada: "Let your pyre be a holy place in the White Water, and I shall abide here always as Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara will abide to the north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.60
यदा विरञ्चेर् वदनं त्रिनेत्रः स च्छेत्स्यतेयं च ममोग्रवाचम् तदा कपालस्य तु मोचनाय समेष्यते तीर्थम् इदं त्वदीयम्
yadā virañcer vadanaṃ trinetraḥ sa cchetsyateyaṃ ca mamogravācam tadā kapālasya tu mocanāya sameṣyate tīrtham idaṃ tvadīyam
When the three-eyed one shall cut off Virañca's (Brahmā's) head — and this is my stern word — then, to be freed of the skull, he will come to this holy place of yours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.61
स्नातस्य तीर्थे त्रिपुरान्तकस्य पतिष्यते भूमितले कपालम् ततस् तु तीर्थेति कपालमोचनं ख्यातं पृथिव्यां च भविष्यते तत्
snātasya tīrthe tripurāntakasya patiṣyate bhūmitale kapālam tatas tu tīrtheti kapālamocanaṃ khyātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ ca bhaviṣyate tat
When the ender of Tripura has bathed in the holy place, the skull will fall to the surface of the earth; and from that it will become known on earth as the holy place Kapālamocana ('the releasing of the skull').
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.62
तदा प्रभृत्य् अम्बुदवाहनो ऽसौ न मोक्ष्यते तीर्थवरं सुपुण्यम् न चैव तस्मिन् द्विज संप्रचक्षते तत् क्षेत्रम् उग्रं त्व् अथ ब्रह्मवध्या
tadā prabhṛty ambudavāhano 'sau na mokṣyate tīrthavaraṃ supuṇyam na caiva tasmin dvija saṃpracakṣate tat kṣetram ugraṃ tv atha brahmavadhyā
From that time on he who rides the cloud will not leave that most holy, excellent place of pilgrimage; and, brahmin, they do not declare in it — that fierce field — the guilt of brahmin-slaying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.63
यदा न मोक्षत्य् अमरारिहन्ता तत् क्षेत्रमुख्यं महद् आप्तपुण्यम् तदा विमुक्तेति सुरै रहस्यं तीर्थं स्तुतं पुण्यदम् अव्ययाख्यम्
yadā na mokṣaty amarārihantā tat kṣetramukhyaṃ mahad āptapuṇyam tadā vimukteti surai rahasyaṃ tīrthaṃ stutaṃ puṇyadam avyayākhyam
When the slayer of the gods' enemies will not leave that chief field, great and of acquired merit, then the holy place, secret, giving merit, called imperishable, was praised by the gods as "Vimuktā" (the liberated).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.64
कृत्वा तु पापानि नरो महान्ति तस्मिन् प्रविष्टः शुचिर् अप्रमादी यदा तु मां चिन्तयते स शुद्धः प्रयाति मोक्षं भगवत्प्रसादात्
kṛtvā tu pāpāni naro mahānti tasmin praviṣṭaḥ śucir apramādī yadā tu māṃ cintayate sa śuddhaḥ prayāti mokṣaṃ bhagavatprasādāt
But when a man who has committed great sins has entered it, pure and vigilant, and then thinks upon me, he becomes cleansed and goes to liberation by the Lord's grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.65
भूत्वा तस्मिन् रुद्रपिशाचसंज्ञो योन्यन्तरे दुःखम् उपाश्नुते ऽसौ विमुक्तपापो बहुवर्षपूगैर् उत्पत्तिम् आयास्यति विप्रगेहे
bhūtvā tasmin rudrapiśācasaṃjño yonyantare duḥkham upāśnute 'sau vimuktapāpo bahuvarṣapūgair utpattim āyāsyati vipragehe
Having become there one called a Rudra-piśāca, he undergoes suffering in another womb; then, freed of sin after many multitudes of years, he will come to birth in a brahmin's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.66
शुचिर् यतात्मास्य ततो ऽन्तकाले रुद्रो हितं तारकम् अस्य कीर्तयेत् इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा द्विजवर्य नारदं गतो ऽस्मि दुग्धार्णवम् आत्मगेहम्
śucir yatātmāsya tato 'ntakāle rudro hitaṃ tārakam asya kīrtayet ity evam uktvā dvijavarya nāradaṃ gato 'smi dugdhārṇavam ātmageham
Being pure and self-controlled, at the end of his life Rudra will then utter for him the beneficial ferrying (tāraka) formula." Having spoken thus, best of brahmins, to Nārada, I went to the Ocean of Milk, my own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.67
स चापि विप्रस् त्रिदिवं चचार गन्धर्वराजेन समर्च्यमानः एतत् तवोक्तं ननु बोधनाय माया मदीया नहि शक्यते सा
sa cāpi vipras tridivaṃ cacāra gandharvarājena samarcyamānaḥ etat tavoktaṃ nanu bodhanāya māyā madīyā nahi śakyate sā
And that brahmin too roamed the third heaven, being honoured by the king of the gandharvas. This has been told to you, surely, for your awakening: this magic of mine — it cannot be (known).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.68
ज्ञातुं भवान् इच्छति चेत् ततो ऽद्य एवं विशस्वाप्सु च वेत्सि येन एवं द्विजातिर् हरिणा प्रबोधितो भाव्यर्थयोगान् निममज्ज तोये
jñātuṃ bhavān icchati cet tato 'dya evaṃ viśasvāpsu ca vetsi yena evaṃ dvijātir hariṇā prabodhito bhāvyarthayogān nimamajja toye
If you wish to know it, then today enter thus into the waters, whereby you will know." So the twice-born one, being instructed by Hari, plunged into the water through the working of what was to come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.69
कोकामुखे तात ततो हि कन्या चाण्डालवेश्मन्य् अभवद् द्विजः सः रूपान्विता शीलगुणोपपन्ना अवाप सा यौवनम् आससाद
kokāmukhe tāta tato hi kanyā cāṇḍālaveśmany abhavad dvijaḥ saḥ rūpānvitā śīlaguṇopapannā avāpa sā yauvanam āsasāda
At Kokāmukha, my son, that brahmin then became a girl in the house of a Caṇḍāla; endowed with beauty and possessed of good character and virtues, she attained and reached her youth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.70
चाण्डालपुत्रेण सुबाहुनापि विवाहिता रूपविवर्जितेन पतिर् न तस्या हि मतो बभूव सा तस्य चैवाभिमता बभूव
cāṇḍālaputreṇa subāhunāpi vivāhitā rūpavivarjitena patir na tasyā hi mato babhūva sā tasya caivābhimatā babhūva
She was given in marriage to a Caṇḍāla's son named Subāhu, who was devoid of good looks; her husband was not pleasing to her, yet she became pleasing to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.71
पुत्रद्वयं नेत्रहीनं बभूव कन्या च पश्चाद् बधिरा तथान्या पतिर् दरिद्रस् त्व् अथ सापि मुग्धा नदीगता रोदिति तत्र नित्यम्
putradvayaṃ netrahīnaṃ babhūva kanyā ca paścād badhirā tathānyā patir daridras tv atha sāpi mugdhā nadīgatā roditi tatra nityam
Two sons were born blind, and afterwards one daughter was deaf and so too another; and her husband was poor, and she too, bewildered, would go to the river and weep there daily.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.72
गता कदाचित् कलशं गृहीत्वा सान्तर् जलं स्नातुम् अथ प्रविष्टा यावद् द्विजो ऽसौ पुनर् एव तावज् जातः क्रियायोगरतः सुशीलः
gatā kadācit kalaśaṃ gṛhītvā sāntar jalaṃ snātum atha praviṣṭā yāvad dvijo 'sau punar eva tāvaj jātaḥ kriyāyogarataḥ suśīlaḥ
Once she went, taking a water-jar, and entered the water to bathe; and no sooner (had she done so) than she became again that brahmin, of good character, devoted to the practice of rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.73
तस्याः स भर्ताथ चिरंगतेति द्रष्टुं जगामाथ नदीं सुपुण्याम् ददर्श कुम्भं न च तां तटस्थां ततो ऽतिदुःखात् प्ररुरोद नादयन्
tasyāḥ sa bhartātha ciraṃgateti draṣṭuṃ jagāmātha nadīṃ supuṇyām dadarśa kumbhaṃ na ca tāṃ taṭasthāṃ tato 'tiduḥkhāt praruroda nādayan
Then her husband, (thinking) "she has been gone a long time," went to the very holy river to look (for her); he saw the water-pot, but not her standing on the bank, and then out of extreme grief he wailed aloud, making the place resound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.74
ततो ऽन्धयुग्मं बधिरा च कन्या दुःखान्वितासौ समुपाजगाम ते वै रुदन्तं पितरं च दृष्ट्वा दुःखान्विता वै रुरुदुर् भृशार्ताः
tato 'ndhayugmaṃ badhirā ca kanyā duḥkhānvitāsau samupājagāma te vai rudantaṃ pitaraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā duḥkhānvitā vai rurudur bhṛśārtāḥ
Then the pair of blind (sons) and the deaf girl, filled with sorrow, came up to him; and seeing their father weeping, they too, filled with sorrow and sorely afflicted, wept.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.75
ततः स पप्रच्छ नदीतटस्थान् द्विजान् भवद्भिर् यदि योषिद् एका दृष्टा तु तोयार्थम् उपाद्रवन्ती आख्यात ते प्रोचुर् इमां प्रविष्टा
tataḥ sa papraccha nadītaṭasthān dvijān bhavadbhir yadi yoṣid ekā dṛṣṭā tu toyārtham upādravantī ākhyāta te procur imāṃ praviṣṭā
Then he asked the brahmins standing on the river bank: "If a woman has been seen by you running down to fetch water, tell (me)!" They said: "She entered this
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.76
नदीं न भूयस् तु समुत्ततार एतावद् एवेह समीहितं नः स तद्वचो घोरतरं निशम्य रुरोद शोकाश्रुपरिप्लुताक्षः
nadīṃ na bhūyas tu samuttatāra etāvad eveha samīhitaṃ naḥ sa tadvaco ghorataraṃ niśamya ruroda śokāśrupariplutākṣaḥ
river and did not come up again; that is all we know here." Hearing that most dreadful speech of theirs, he wept, his eyes flooded with tears of grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.77
तं वै रुदन्तं ससुतं सकन्यं दृष्ट्वाहम् आर्तः सुतरां बभूव आर्तिश् च मे ऽभूद् अथ संस्मृतिश् च चाण्डालयोषाहम् इति क्षितीश
taṃ vai rudantaṃ sasutaṃ sakanyaṃ dṛṣṭvāham ārtaḥ sutarāṃ babhūva ārtiś ca me 'bhūd atha saṃsmṛtiś ca cāṇḍālayoṣāham iti kṣitīśa
Seeing him weeping, with his sons and his daughter, I became exceedingly distressed; and there arose in me both distress and the recollection, "I was the Caṇḍāla woman," O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.78
ततो ऽब्रवं तं नृपते मतङ्गं किमर्थम् आर्तेन हि रुद्यते त्वया तस्या न लाभो भवितातिमौर्ख्याद् आक्रन्दितेनेह वृथा हि किं ते
tato 'bravaṃ taṃ nṛpate mataṅgaṃ kimartham ārtena hi rudyate tvayā tasyā na lābho bhavitātimaurkhyād ākranditeneha vṛthā hi kiṃ te
Then, O king, I said to that Mataṅga: "Why do you weep in distress? She will not be regained; through excessive folly—what use to you here is vain lamenting?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.79
स माम् उवाचात्मजयुग्मम् अन्धं कन्या चैका बधिरेयं तथैव कथं द्विजाते अधुनार्तम् एतम् आश्वासयिष्ये ऽप्य् अथ पोषयिष्ये
sa mām uvācātmajayugmam andhaṃ kanyā caikā badhireyaṃ tathaiva kathaṃ dvijāte adhunārtam etam āśvāsayiṣye 'py atha poṣayiṣye
He said to me: "My pair of sons is blind, and this one daughter is likewise deaf—O brahmin, how shall I now console this afflicted (family), and how shall I feed them?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.80
इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा स सुतैश् च सार्धं फूत्कृत्य फूत्कृत्य च रोदिति स्म यथा यथा रोदिति स श्वपाकस् तथा तथा मे ह्य् अभवत् कृतापि
ity evam uktvā sa sutaiś ca sārdhaṃ phūtkṛtya phūtkṛtya ca roditi sma yathā yathā roditi sa śvapākas tathā tathā me hy abhavat kṛtāpi
Having spoken thus, he, together with his sons, wailing and wailing, kept weeping; and the more that Śvapāka wept, the more (distress) arose in me, though I had (tried to console him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 229.81
ततो ऽहम् आर्तं तु निवार्य तं वै स्ववंशवृत्तान्तम् अथाचचक्षे ततः स दुःखात् सह पुत्रकैः संविवेश कोकामुखम् आर्तरूपः
tato 'ham ārtaṃ tu nivārya taṃ vai svavaṃśavṛttāntam athācacakṣe tataḥ sa duḥkhāt saha putrakaiḥ saṃviveśa kokāmukham ārtarūpaḥ
Then, restraining him in his distress, I told (him) the account of his own lineage; thereupon, out of sorrow, he together with his little sons, in a state of affliction, entered into Kokāmukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.82
प्रविष्टमात्रे सलिले मतङ्गस् तीर्थप्रभावाच् च विमुक्तपापः विमानम् आरुह्य शशिप्रकाशं ययौ दिवं तात ममोपपश्यतः
praviṣṭamātre salile mataṅgas tīrthaprabhāvāc ca vimuktapāpaḥ vimānam āruhya śaśiprakāśaṃ yayau divaṃ tāta mamopapaśyataḥ
The moment Mataṅga had entered the water, freed from sin by the power of the sacred ford, he mounted a chariot bright as the moon and went to heaven, my son, while I looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.83
तस्मिन् प्रविष्टे सलिले मृते च ममार्तिर् आसीद् अतिमोहकर्त्री ततो ऽतिपुण्ये नृपवर्य कोका जले प्रविष्टस् त्रिदिवं गतश् च
tasmin praviṣṭe salile mṛte ca mamārtir āsīd atimohakartrī tato 'tipuṇye nṛpavarya kokā jale praviṣṭas tridivaṃ gataś ca
When he had entered the water and died, there came upon me a distress that caused great bewilderment; then, O best of kings, in the most holy Kokā I entered the water and went to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.84
भूयो ऽभवं वैश्यकुले व्यथार्तो जातिस्मरस् तीर्थवरप्रसादात् ततो ऽतिनिर्विण्णमना गतो ऽहं कोकामुखं संयतवाक्यचित्तः
bhūyo 'bhavaṃ vaiśyakule vyathārto jātismaras tīrthavaraprasādāt tato 'tinirviṇṇamanā gato 'haṃ kokāmukhaṃ saṃyatavākyacittaḥ
Again I was born in a Vaiśya family, afflicted with pain, remembering my births by the grace of the best of sacred fords; then, my mind utterly disgusted, I went to Kokāmukha, with speech and thought restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.85
व्रतं समास्थाय कलेवरं स्वं संशोषयित्वा दिवम् आरुरोह तस्माच् च्युतस् त्वद्भवने च जातो जातिस्मरस् तात हरिप्रसादात्
vrataṃ samāsthāya kalevaraṃ svaṃ saṃśoṣayitvā divam āruroha tasmāc cyutas tvadbhavane ca jāto jātismaras tāta hariprasādāt
Having undertaken a vow and dried up my own body, I ascended to heaven; fallen from there, I was born in your house, remembering my births, my son, by Hari's grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.87
सो ऽहं समाराध्य मुरारिदेवं कोकामुखे त्यक्तशुभाशुभेच्छः इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा पितरं प्रणम्य गत्वा च कोकामुखम् अग्रतीर्थम् ब्र्प्_२२९।८६ विष्णुं समाराध्य वराहरूपम् ब्र्प्_२२९।८६ए अवाप सिद्धिं मनुजर्षभो ऽसौ ब्र्प्_२२९।८६फ़् इत्थं स कामदमनः सहपुत्रपौत्रः कोकामुखे तीर्थवरे सुपुण्ये त्यक्त्वा तनुं दोषमयीं ततस् तु गतो दिवं सूर्यसमैर् विमानैः
so 'haṃ samārādhya murāridevaṃ kokāmukhe tyaktaśubhāśubhecchaḥ ity evam uktvā pitaraṃ praṇamya gatvā ca kokāmukham agratīrtham BrP_229.86 viṣṇuṃ samārādhya varāharūpam brp_229.86e avāpa siddhiṃ manujarṣabho 'sau brp_229.86f itthaṃ sa kāmadamanaḥ sahaputrapautraḥ kokāmukhe tīrthavare supuṇye tyaktvā tanuṃ doṣamayīṃ tatas tu gato divaṃ sūryasamair vimānaiḥ
"I am he who, having worshipped the god, the foe of Mura, at Kokāmukha, has abandoned desire for both the auspicious and the inauspicious." Having spoken thus and bowed to his father, and having gone to Kokāmukha, the foremost ford, [229.86] having worshipped Viṣṇu in his boar form, that bull among men attained perfection. Thus he, the subduer of desire, together with his sons and grandsons, at Kokāmukha, the best of fords, the most holy, cast off his body made of faults and then went to heaven in chariots equal to the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 229.88
एवं मयोक्ता परमेश्वरस्य माया सुराणाम् अपि दुर्विचिन्त्या स्वप्नेन्द्रजालप्रतिमा मुरारेर् यया जगन् मोहम् उपैति विप्राः
evaṃ mayoktā parameśvarasya māyā surāṇām api durvicintyā svapnendrajālapratimā murārer yayā jagan moham upaiti viprāḥ
Thus has been told by me the māyā of the supreme lord, the foe of Mura, hard to comprehend even for the gods, like a dream or a conjuror's illusion, by which the world falls into delusion, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition